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Even with a couple inches of new snow and drifting overnight, avalanches remain unlikely, possible only in exposed upper elevation terrain. People might trigger shallow avalanches of wind drifted snow on some slopes up high facing the northern half of the compass. With extremely shallow snow barely covering up the rocks, any avalanche could be very dangerous. The shallowly buried, icy, and rock-hard rime-crust means people could slip, fall, and slide rapidly out of control even on slopes that are normally easy to travel on.

• Remember to always follow safe travel protocols. Go one person at a time in avalanche terrain, while the rest of your party watches from a safe area.
• Now is a good time to check your avalanche rescue equipment, change the batteries on your beacons, and practice with your backcountry partners.

We will update this forecast as conditions warrant.

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A couple more inches of light new snow accumulated last night in the Central Bear River Range. This is not enough to change conditions much. The fresh snow is capping a couple inches of weak, sugary faceted snow which sits on a very hard rain crust that formed on 11-12-2021. Steep slopes remain difficult to travel on due to the slick crust, and people could easily lose footing, fall, pick up speed and slide out of control on steep upper elevation slopes. If you plan on a bigger mountain objective this weekend you may want to bring an ice-ax along for self belay.

Only an inch or two of new snow accumulated overnight on a few inches of sugary faceted snow capping a slick and solid rime ice-crust at upper elevations in the Central Bear River Range.

• Be very careful, keep your speed down, and stay in control. Encounters with shallowly buried rocks or down trees in the early season have led to many season-ending injuries.
• The Tony Grove Road is not maintained for wheeled vehicles in the winter season.